Diode-laser-pumped solid-state lasers

Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6278436

Fan, T Y

Diode-pumped solid-state lasers can have both higher peak powers and brightness and different wavelengths compared to diode lasers themselves. Most work to date has centered on the 1.06-..mu..m transition of Nd/sup 3 +/ in Y/sub 2/Al/sub 5/O/sub 12/ (YAG) and stoichiometric compounds, but there are other host materials of interest. The author investigates diode-laser-pumped operation near 1.06 ..mu..m in two other materials, Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ and Nd:MgO:LiNbO/sub 3/, which have some superior properties compared to the previously used host materials. He demonstrates diode-pumped-laser operation on the 946-nm transition in Nd:YAG which allows the development of all solid-state sources in the blue by second-harmonic generation and the 2.1-..mu..m transition in Ho:YAG which has applications in coherent lidar and medicine. He models the effect of this difficulty on laser operation and show through both the modeling and experiment that good laser operation is achievable.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6278436
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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